Consumer protection law in the age of globalisation poses new challenges for policy makers. This book provides an international perspective on consumer law and the difficulties encountered by consumers in search of practical remedies and solutions for defective products and services. Leading scholars outline the key problems faced by legislators in different countries seeking to adopt consumer laws to the global marketplace. Topics include standard form contracts, the legal challenges posed by mass infection (such as mad-cow disease and CJD), consumers and services, consumer bankruptcy law, and cross-border transactions.